September 14, 2022
Sports Coaching Business Lessons
Elite sport and grassroots sport inhabit different worlds. One's cutthroat and zero-sum, the other's full of positives for learning, resilience, collaboration, and self-confidence
Posts tagged with 'business'
May 26, 2022
Good Character in Business: My Interview With Fred Kiel
"Leaders of good character keep their promises... and treat you as a human being and not as an object."
November 9, 2021
How Do You Run a Business? – #MTtalk Roundup
My grandpa was a wealthy man. He owned a successful transport business. His work ethic was beyond reproach. However, his inability to say "no" would eventually lead to his downfall
October 27, 2020
Has Your Career Gone Flat? – #MTtalk Roundup
In our latest Twitter chat, we talked about careers going flat – and how to get them flying again
July 12, 2018
What We Can Learn From Our Sports Heroes, in Business and Life
I’m not particularly sporty. I mean, I like the occasional swim and I’m not too bad at crazy golf. And I can…
April 16, 2018
A Survival Guide to Food at Work
Do you grab a snack at your desk, or are you a “foodie,” savoring every bite? We each have our own unique relationship with food…
October 19, 2017
5 Ways to Avoid Death by PowerPoint Presentation
If you’ve never heard the expression “Death by PowerPoint,” then I’m sure you’ve experienced it. It’s that presentation that never seems to…
August 14, 2017
99 of the Best Business Acronyms Explained
Chances are that we all know our OMGs from our LOLs by now. But there are hundreds of acronyms out there that we could be…
December 22, 2016
The Greiner Curve: Will Your Organization Sink or Swim?
What’s the key to a successful business? Why do some sink and others swim? Is it just a case of having the right product at…
May 23, 2016
Goal-Setting: Benefits and Cautions
Goals? Sure, I have them and I could more or less tell you what they are, but I didn’t need to write them down like…
May 17, 2016
Workplace Learning – Fact or Fantasy? – #MTtalk Roundup
Albert Einstein said, “Any fool can know. The point is to understand.” When real learning takes place, it’s more than just gaining knowledge. It’s…
April 25, 2016
How to Give Feedback
Imagine being forever immune to heart attacks and strokes because you take a daily dose of medication. Great! But there’s a little hitch. The medication…